Allow Us The Dignity To Fight For

These Dear Souls Came Not To Sabbath School Because It Was Popular To Do So, Nor Did I Teach Them Because It Was Reputable To Be Thus Engaged. Every Moment They Spent In That School, They Were Liable To Be Taken Up, And Given Thirty-nine Lashes. They Came Because They Wished To Learn. Their Minds Had Been Starved By Their Cruel Masters. They Had Been Shut Up In Mental Darkness. I Taught Them, Because It Was The Delight Of My Soul To Be Doing Something That Looked Like The Bettering The Condition Of My Race

What Is Possible For Me Is Possible For You.

There Is No Negro Problem. The Problem Is Whether The American People Have Loyalty Enough, Honor Enough, Patriotism Enough, To Live Up To Their Own Constitution

The Destiny Of The Colored American ... Is The Destiny Of America.

You Have To Take Power. No One Gives It.